Bachelor’s degree
Architecture (BS)
The University of Texas at San Antonio · School of Architecture + Planning, Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design · San Antonio, Texas, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of Science in ArchitectureBS
- Pathway
- Pre-professionalStated for United States
- Format
- On campusfour years
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Four-year pre-professional degree built around design studios; majoring in architecture needs additional admission requirements beyond general UTSA admission.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- School of Architecture + Planning, Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design
- Awarding body
- The University of Texas at San Antonio
Qualification and professional pathway
Pathway is classified only from a statement on an official page. A degree title such as B.Arch, BA, BSc, M.Arch or MSc does not decide it, and no degree by itself grants permission to practise as an architect.
- Degree level
- Bachelor’s degreeA first degree entered after secondary school.
- Pathway
- Pre-professionalA first stage. The source says further study or a further qualification is needed before registration or licensure.
- Why we classify it this way
- The university calls the four-year degree pre-professional.“UT San Antonio’s Architecture degree is a four-year, pre-professional degree built around rigorous design studios and comprehensive coursework.”Source
- Previous architecture degree required
- No
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
| Route | Duration | Credits | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry from secondary school | four years | – | –Source |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional recognition, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and eligibility toward registration are different things; none of them is full professional registration.
No accreditation, validation or registration-pathway record for this program has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- four years
- Studio requirements
- design studios
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- UTSA Downtown (River Walk) campus
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio depends on routeTransfer students with 30 or more hours and a 3.0 GPA submit a portfolio.
- Interview
- Not published
- Academic prerequisites
- Additional admission requirements to declare the architecture major beyond UTSA general admission
- Official instructions
- Application instructions
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether studio, materials, printing, software, equipment and field-trip costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, full-time or part-time options, intakes, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 19 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)